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  1. 1. a. Made or consisting of iron; partaking of iron; iron; as, irony chains; irony particles. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Resembling iron taste, hardness, or other physical property. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. Dissimulation; ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. A sort of humor, ridicule, or light sarcasm, which adopts a mode of speech the meaning of which is contrary to the literal sense of the words. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. witty language used to convey insults or scorn Source: wordnet
  6. 6. n. incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs Source: wordnet
  7. 7. n. a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs Source: wordnet
  8. 8. 1. Made or consisting of iron; partaking of iron; iron; as, irony chains; irony particles. [R.] Woodward. 2. Resembling iron taste, hardness, or other physical property. 1. Dissimulation; ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist. 2. A sort of humor, ridicule, or light sarcasm, which adopts a mode of speech the meaning of which is contrary to the literal sense of the words. Source: webster
  9. 9. n:100 n. incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs n. a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs Source: ecdict

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